I watched Bayern Munich earlier during the night as they won 2-0 against Freiburg. It was fairly one sided and in truth it should have ended in a larger scoreline. With 13 wins and 3 draws out of the 16 games they played so far in the Bundesliga, you feel as if the league title is already secured for the Bavarian team.
With Dortmund looking like a shadow of the team which reached Champions League final in May 2013, it seems there is no one who could stop Bayern from winning it all...
Anytime Bayern take the pitch, there is a deep sense of expectation of a high scoring game about to unfold. Already, scores of 4-0 and 5-0 are recurring often as Bundesliga teams are looking like they have no means of stopping this flow of one-sided games.
Bayern's Lewandowski celebrating with Götze, Alaba, Alonso and Robben
This year, the Bavarians are predicted to perform the treble; such is their domination. But for the fans, the Bundesliga is slowly transforming into a one-sided affair, hardly the thing anyone would want from a competition.
In 2009, Barcelona had won the treble with a team so dominant that any game they lost would be a major event which took the spotlight worldwide. The golden generation of Messi, Xavi, Iniesta and co. dominated La Liga and Europe during several years back then, so much that La Liga games started to look desperately boring as the outcome was inevitable before the whistle was blown.
Not to say that Barcelona was not rightfully a legendary team, but they dictated play so much and took control of possession hugely while teams struggled; matches were looking like the same movie replayed over and over again with the same ending...
Last year, when Atletico Madrid won La Liga, This kind of domination was nowhere to be seen as a three way battle with Real and Barcelona kept us thrilled till the last whistle of the season. It was well worth watching!
Taking a look at England, the Premier League is nowadays always unpredictable with teams from the bottom half of the table causing shocks and upsets to big clubs. One can never predict a match before it starts and that makes the game more enjoyable with the title race and the relegation battle going to the wire...
Football is all about competition... It combines emotions of bliss, tension, exhilaration, sadness, tears, euphoria, passion and excitment all felt over 90 minutes... We thrive to live it with the sheer madness it generates when the ball embraces the net in the dying minutes of the game. We cry in agony, we laugh and shout, this is what it is all about...
From a neutral perspective, the game would be much more animated when the competition is tight. The Bundesliga today is the best example where the competition on the title does not almost exist.
Don't get me wrong, I am not saying that I am taking sides and want to see Bayern lose. In the end, it is a glorious team with some of the most talented and exciting players on Earth. They deserve to win and dominate.
But wouldn't it be better for the spectator to see them fight to snatch the trophy? After all, without its ups and downs, even life is not fun living...
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